Planning and concept of airports

Key considerations in airport planning

• Capacity and impact

• Demand and location

• Srategies and population

• Activities and pollution

Answer explanation

One of the primary considerations in airport planning is the capacity of the airport to handle increasing numbers of passengers and flights. Another important consideration is the impact of airport operations on the environment and local communities.

These are the phases of planning process

• I: Offer of the infrastructure

  II: Location opportunities

  III: Feasibility analysis

• I: Feasibility analysis

  II: Economical analysis

  III: Land acquisition

• I: Demand for air transport

  II: Offer of the infrastructure

  III: Feasibility analysis

• I: Demand for air transport

  II: Access availability

  III: Political analysis

Answer explanation

Phase I: Demand for air transport

Phase II: Offer of the infrastructure

Phase III: Feasibility analysis

These are three key elements when designing an airppot layout

• Terminal

  Economics

  Politics

• Location

  Parking

  Security

• Aircraft

  Pollution

  Access

• Size

  Entailment

  Characteristics

Answer explanation

Key elements:

Location

Size

Runways

Terminal buildings

Parking

Access

Security

These are two specific uses of an airport

• *Commercial passenger flights

  *Military operations

• *Emergency services

  *Private aviation

• *General aviation

  *Hub operations

• *Commercial services

  *Cargo operations

Answer explanation

Commercial passenger flights

Cargo operations

General aviation

Military operations

Emergency services

A Hub and spoke airport refers to:

• Airports that serve a combination of different types of traffic, including passenger, cargo, and military flights.

• Airports that serve as major connecting points for multiple airlines and flights

• Airports that travelers use at the beginning and end of their journey

• Airports that serve as destinations for flights coming from the central hub airport

Answer explanation

Origin-destination (O-D) airports refer to the specific airports that travelers use at the beginning and end of their journey

Hub airports are airports that serve as major connecting points for multiple airlines and flights.

Hub and spoke airports are airports that serve as destinations for flights coming from the central hub airport

Mixed airports are airports that serve a combination of different types of traffic, including passenger, cargo, and military flights.